Daily Readings - November 14, 2011 - Monday
First Reading: 1 Maccabees 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 119: 53, 61, 134, 150, 155, 158
Holy Gospel: Luke 18: 35-43
Holy Gospel
35 When Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road, begging. 36 As he heard the crowd passing by, he inquired what it was, 37 and they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was going by. Then he cried out, 38 “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” 39 The people in front scolded him, “Be quiet!” but he cried out all the more, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
40 Jesus stopped and ordered the blind man to be brought to him, and when he came near, he asked him, 41 “What do you want me to do for you?” And the man said, “Lord, that I may see!” 42 Jesus said, “Receive your sight, your faith has saved you.” 43 At once the blind man was able to see, and he followed Jesus, giving praise to God. And all the people who were there also praised God.
First Reading
10 From their descendants there came a godless offshoot, Antiochus Epiphanes, son of King Antiochus, who had been held as hostage in Rome. He became king in the one hundred and thirty-seventh year of the Greek era (175 B.C.).
11 It was then that some rebels emerged from Israel, who succeeded in winning over many people. They said, “Let us renew contact with the peoples around us for we have had endured many misfortunes since we separated from them.”
12 This proposal was well-received 13 and some eagerly went to the king. The king authorized them to adopt the customs of the pagan nations. 14 With his permission, they built a gymnasium in Jerusalem in the pagan style. 15 And as they wanted to be like the pagans in everything, they made artificial foreskins for themselves and abandoned the Holy Covenant, sinning as they pleased.
41 Antiochus issued a decree to his whole kingdom. 42 All the peoples of his empire had to renounce their particular customs and become one people. 43 All the pagan nations obeyed and respected the king’s decree, and even in Israel many accepted the imposed cult. They offered sacrifices to idols and no longer respected the Sabbath.
54 On the fifteenth day of the month of Chislev, in the year one hundred and forty-five, Antiochus erected the “abominable idol of the invaders” on the altar of the temple. Pagan altars were built throughout the whole land of Judea; 55 incense was offered at the doors of their houses and in the squares. 56 There wicked men tore up the books of the Law they found and burned them. 57 They killed anyone they caught in possession of the book of the Covenant and who fulfilled the precepts of the Law, as the royal decree had ordered.
62 But in spite of all this, many Israelites still remained firm and determined not to eat unclean food. 63 They preferred to die rather than to make themselves unclean with those foods (prohibited by the Law) that violated the Holy Covenant.
Responsorial Psalm
53 I feel indignant at the wicked who have forsaken your law.
61 The wicked have me trapped in their snares, but I have not forgotten your laws.
134 Rescue me from human oppression, and help me keep your precepts.
150 My persecutors close in with evil intent; they are far from your Law.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your statutes.
158 I look upon the faithless with loathing, because they do not obey your ruling.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 119: 53, 61, 134, 150, 155, 158
Holy Gospel: Luke 18: 35-43
Holy Gospel
35 When Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road, begging. 36 As he heard the crowd passing by, he inquired what it was, 37 and they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was going by. Then he cried out, 38 “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” 39 The people in front scolded him, “Be quiet!” but he cried out all the more, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
40 Jesus stopped and ordered the blind man to be brought to him, and when he came near, he asked him, 41 “What do you want me to do for you?” And the man said, “Lord, that I may see!” 42 Jesus said, “Receive your sight, your faith has saved you.” 43 At once the blind man was able to see, and he followed Jesus, giving praise to God. And all the people who were there also praised God.
First Reading
10 From their descendants there came a godless offshoot, Antiochus Epiphanes, son of King Antiochus, who had been held as hostage in Rome. He became king in the one hundred and thirty-seventh year of the Greek era (175 B.C.).
11 It was then that some rebels emerged from Israel, who succeeded in winning over many people. They said, “Let us renew contact with the peoples around us for we have had endured many misfortunes since we separated from them.”
12 This proposal was well-received 13 and some eagerly went to the king. The king authorized them to adopt the customs of the pagan nations. 14 With his permission, they built a gymnasium in Jerusalem in the pagan style. 15 And as they wanted to be like the pagans in everything, they made artificial foreskins for themselves and abandoned the Holy Covenant, sinning as they pleased.
41 Antiochus issued a decree to his whole kingdom. 42 All the peoples of his empire had to renounce their particular customs and become one people. 43 All the pagan nations obeyed and respected the king’s decree, and even in Israel many accepted the imposed cult. They offered sacrifices to idols and no longer respected the Sabbath.
54 On the fifteenth day of the month of Chislev, in the year one hundred and forty-five, Antiochus erected the “abominable idol of the invaders” on the altar of the temple. Pagan altars were built throughout the whole land of Judea; 55 incense was offered at the doors of their houses and in the squares. 56 There wicked men tore up the books of the Law they found and burned them. 57 They killed anyone they caught in possession of the book of the Covenant and who fulfilled the precepts of the Law, as the royal decree had ordered.
62 But in spite of all this, many Israelites still remained firm and determined not to eat unclean food. 63 They preferred to die rather than to make themselves unclean with those foods (prohibited by the Law) that violated the Holy Covenant.
Responsorial Psalm
53 I feel indignant at the wicked who have forsaken your law.
61 The wicked have me trapped in their snares, but I have not forgotten your laws.
134 Rescue me from human oppression, and help me keep your precepts.
150 My persecutors close in with evil intent; they are far from your Law.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your statutes.
158 I look upon the faithless with loathing, because they do not obey your ruling.
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